The Brackenwood Cellar Door is located in an 1860's heritage building, which was originally the local butcher's store.

The cellar door comprises two main areas – a traditional tasting room with a bar made from reclaimed timber and a main room with a vaulted ceiling and fireplace.

The Brackenwood Vineyard is just 7 kilometres from the cellar door in nearby Hope Forest. A former deer farm, where a handful of deer still remain, the vineyard is set within the southern section of the Adelaide Hills wine region.

The vineyard was purchased in 2002 by the Nagel family.

Over the last 7 years, the family has made significant viticultural changes to ensure the grapes being grown and the wines produced are appropriate for local climate and soil conditions (Terroir).

Vineyard practices are carried out by hand including pruning and harvesting with the wines made in small batches.

Brackenwood produces single vineyard wines (with the exception of the Pinot Noir, where the fruit is sourced from a neighbouring vineyard) using traditional winemaking methods.

"All of the wines produced by Brackenwood are made using indigenous ferments."

"When the grapes are picked they're dozens of species of yeasts living on the skins that can be harnessed in production rather than adding yeast from a laboratory."

"We happily describe ourselves as 'terroirists' meaning that we believe in using the 'Terroir' or local environment to dictate our growing and winemaking decisions and that includes using naturally occurring yeasts during fermentation."

This single-minded and painstaking approach has paid dividends with the wines winning a trophy and many awards at the Adelaide and Melbourne wine shows as well as accolades from Winestate magazine.

To experience a taste of Brackenwood with a Wine Flight, head to the Cellar Door, located at 17 High Street, Willunga.

The cellar door is open from Wednesday - Friday 11am – 4pm, Saturday 10am – 4pm and Sunday and public holidays 12pm – 5pm. For more information, visit www.brackenwoodvineyard.com.au

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Your Host, David Ellis

Our founder, David Ellis has been writing about his love of wine and the importance of matching the right wine to the right food for three decades. Now enjoying semi-retirement (and a few good wines), he had previously looked after media relations for some of Australia’s premier winemakers including Lindemans, Leo Burings, Hungerford Hill, Briar Ridge and Westend Wines.